Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Mytilida > Superfamily Mytiloidea > Family Mytilidae > Subfamily Crenellinae > Genus Perna

Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mya Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PernaPhilipsson, 1788accepted genus name

Species group names

Mytilus afer Gmelin, 1791 synonym
Mytilus africanus Chemnitz, 1785 synonym
Mytilus africanus var. mauretanica Pallary, 1900 synonym
Mytilus irisans Jousseaume, 1888 synonym
Mytilus pictus Born, 1778 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: Afrikaanse rotsmossel sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.
 English: brown mussel; Mexilhao mussel; South American rock mussel sources: Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.
 French: moule de roche sudaméricaine sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.
 German: Braune Miesmuschel; Westatlantische Miesmuschel

Literature

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

additional source

Pierri, B.; Fossari, T.; Magalhães, A. (2016). O mexilhão Perna perna no Brasil: nativo ou exótico?. Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia. 68(2): 404-414.

additional source

Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

additional source

Narchi, W. & Galvão-Bueno, M. S. (1997). Anatomia funcional de Perna perna (Linné)(Bivalvia, Mytilidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 14, 135-168.

additional source

Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.

additional source

Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp.

additional source

Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.

status source

Wood A.R., Apte S., MacAvoy E.S. & Gardner J.P.A. (2007) A molecular phylogeny of the marine mussel genus Perna (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) based on nuclear (ITS1&2) and mitochondrial (COI) DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44(2): 685-698.

identification resource

Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140483

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Occurrence

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Environment


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Importance

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2010-09-23 by Markus Huber

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